03382100 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
SALINE RIVER BASIN

03382100 SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR CARRIER MILLS, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 37°38'16", long 88°40'40" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.10 S., R.5 E., Saline County, Hydrologic Unit 05140204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 45, 150 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Carrier Mills, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 147 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1965 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1963-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site ATH 05.
	SEDIMENT: Water years 1977 to 1981.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 375.63 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 31, 1967, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,160 ft³/s, Jan. 31, 1982, gage height, 16.32 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.60 ft³/s, July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,570 mg/L May 28, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L Aug. 20-22, 1980.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 8,010 tons May 28, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton Aug. 20-22, Sept. 20, Oct. 10, 1980, May 3, 4, 1981.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for period of June 11 to July 15, which are fair, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	7.6	59	2160	e44	2170	60	162	438	60	16	36	8.7
2	8.7	55	1330	e40	1940	60	142	457	51	16	19	8.7
3	6.6	50	535	e38	1070	137	123	392	46	16	14	10
4	5.7	44	284	e36	406	93	98	215	39	15	11	11
5	10	38	203	e37	235	73	84	153	57	15	11	11

6	14	38	236	e40	180	70	74	141	169	15	9.2	11
7	12	39	353	e43	150	70	67	162	88	15	8.9	10
8	10	30	378	e46	126	56	79	1330	55	14	8.5	10
9	11	24	293	e55	113	632	111	2060	42	14	8.0	11
10	14	23	199	84	107	862	79	2030	37	14	9.3	12

11	26	22	157	77	81	336	65	1240	112	14	8.6	11
12	448	21	191	61	67	244	74	478	73	14	7.8	12
13	1120	20	683	55	63	197	824	2220	51	14	8.4	12
14	2410	18	1380	54	51	159	1540	3320	40	14	9.9	11
15	1690	19	1920	52	50	143	1500	2590	30	13	11	11

16	428	18	1810	46	54	890	801	1280	25	14	10	9.5
17	176	19	3410	44	46	571	333	1520	23	14	8.3	9.4
18	96	20	4590	45	40	279	209	2060	21	14	9.1	11
19	63	21	3710	46	40	1150	192	1650	21	14	9.8	12
20	49	22	2130	49	349	2030	288	740	20	14	14	17

21	32	22	828	51	351	1980	1030	290	19	15	13	20
22	27	21	398	59	158	1190	1050	192	19	15	13	21
23	217	22	365	65	115	466	619	152	19	15	12	14
24	1380	34	259	1330	98	266	312	123	19	16	12	11
25	1650	118	182	878	92	391	276	96	19	16	15	10

26	604	100	146	352	81	2040	179	110	18	16	15	12
27	181	1580	123	219	69	2000	797	88	19	14	11	35
28	99	1520	117	168	57	1190	1140	72	18	16	9.0	48
29	63	2190	102	147	---	476	576	175	18	21	9.2	24
30	50	2510	e65	363	---	299	240	103	16	20	8.7	15

31	56	---	e50	1200	---	213	---	75	---	19	8.4	---

TOTAL	10964.6	8717	28587	5824	8359	18623	13064	25952	1244	472	358.1	429.3
MEAN	353.7	290.6	922.2	187.9	298.5	600.7	435.5	837.2	41.47	15.23	11.55	14.31
MAX	2410	2510	4590	1330	2170	2040	1540	3320	169	21	36	48
MIN	5.7	18	50	36	40	56	65	72	16	13	7.8	8.7
CFSM	2.41	1.98	6.27	1.28	2.03	4.09	2.96	5.69	0.28	0.10	0.08	0.10
IN.	2.77	2.21	7.23	1.47	2.12	4.71	3.31	6.57	0.31	0.12	0.09	0.11

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	29.09	114.8	214.1	213.5	277.7	325.2	328.1	271.8	117.1	37.63	36.89	20.94
MAX	354	643	1193	608	864	837	922	1115	633	163	485	110
(WY)	2002	1986	1983	1999	1989	1979	1983	1983	1997	1976	1985	1992
MIN	2.57	4.05	8.22	10.7	42.3	28.6	22.3	15.4	6.10	1.88	5.34	1.67
(WY)	1967	1972	1977	1981	1996	1981	1981	1988	1972	1966	1994	1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1966 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	70083.4		122594.0
ANNUAL MEAN	192.0		335.9		164.9
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					336	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.0	1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	4590	Dec 18	4590	Dec 18	4880	Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	5.7	Oct 4	5.7	Oct 4	0.60	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	8.0	Sep 28	8.5	Aug 7	0.77	Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			4710	Dec 18	5160	Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			16.03	Dec 18	16.32	Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			5.4	Oct 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.31		2.28		1.12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	17.74		31.02		15.25
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	398		1260		408
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	39		57		31
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	12		11		5.9

A - July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.